2002 Songstreet Fall Concert Series
Somerville Theater, Davis Sq., Somerville, MA
Saturday October 5, 8pm
Peter Mulvey & The Davis Square T-Stop All Stars (CD Release Concert)
With Special Guests: Kris Delmhorst, Erin McKeown, Jennifer Kimball, David Goodrich, Sean Staples, & Anita Suhanin.
Peter Mulvey releases a terrific new album entitled Ten Thousand Mornings, which was recorded in the subways of Boston from June 2001 to March 2002. The new album includes songs from such luminaries as Elvis Costello, Randy Newman, Lennin & McCartney, Marvin Gaye, Gillian Welch, Paul Simon, Dar Williams and more. The above-mentioned special guests all play on the records and will join Peter in this grand CD Release Concert. Don't miss this event!
Tickets: $18.50, $17.50, $16.50. Add $1 day of show.
Saturday October 19, 8pm
Susan Werner & Deb Talan (co-bill)
Susan Werner has been wowing audiences for years with smart songwriting and a superb, dynamic voice, capable of handling folk, pop, classical, jazz and more. The Philadelphia Inquirer describes her as a "show stopper."
Deb Talan is a 3-time Boston Music Award nominee who has won the Rocky Mountain Folk Fest's and Telluride Bluegrass Fest's troubadour competitions in successive years, as well as Acoustic Guitar Magazine's Homegrown CD Award. Deb is blessed with a golden voice that can serenade you with haunting ballads or rock out with her band. Acoustic Guitar describes her as a "sharp songwriter" with a "great mix of acoustic and electric guitar."
Tickets: $21 and $19. Add $1 day of show.
Saturday November 2, 7pm
2nd Annual Festival of Rising Stars
featuring Michelle Malone, Tegan & Sara, Antigone Rising, and Brian Webb
One of the hottest tickets of the season! This show features four of the most talented rising stars in North America.
Michelle Malone, an Atlanta-based singer/songwriter, is known for playing guitar and mandolin with the Indigo Girls, but she also plays ripping sets with her own band. She lit it up at the Songstreet Rock Fest last year. The New York Times writes: she is "the kind of singer/songwriter who can jolt things into overdrive."
Tegan & Sara, originally from Calgary, but now based in Vancouver, are twin sisters with soaring harmonies, who've created quite a buzz in the U.S. and are touring this fall with their band.
Antigone Rising, a hit at last year's rock fest, was a 1998 Lilith Fair Winner. A hot, up-and-coming nad from New York, their music has been described as having a "pushy edge in the tradition of Alanis Morissette" (The Record).
Brian Webb is one of the hottest male singer/songwriters in the Boston folk/pop scene. Originally from Atlanta, his career is beginning to take off in Beantown. He recently played Club Passim to an overflow crowd-many had to be turned away.
Tickets: $18.50, $17.50, $16.50; $2 off for students, seniors, youths. Add $1 day of show.
Saturday November 23, 8pm
Ellis Paul (CD Release Concert)
With special guest Rachael Davis
Winner of 10 Boston Music Awards (more than any other male artist in the singer/songwriter category), Ellis Paul celebrates the release of yet another great CD, The Speed of Trees. Regarded as one of the top songwriters in the country over the past several years, it's hard to believe that he just keeps getting betterˇbut he does.
Rachael Davis looks to be emerging as the next great female voice to come out of Boston. Originally from Lansing, MI, Rachael moved to Boston in the Fall of 2001 and has been heating up the scene since with her unique, multi-octave, soulful voice. The band Eddie from Ohio remarked, "with a voice like that, we could listen to her sing the alphabet all night."
Tickets: $21, $19. Add $1 day of show.
Friday December 6, 8pm
Saturday December 7, 4pm and 8pm
Faith Solloway's "Jesus Has Two Mommies"
Back by popular demand after two sell-outs last year plus rave reviews! A show filled with humor, surprises, unpredictable quirks, and superb music. Great performances (both live and through video on the big screen) from the cast, which includes: Sean Staples (as Jesus), Catie Curtis, Jennifer Kimball, Faith Solloway, Merle Perkins, Jabe Beyer, Ry Cavanaugh, Jim Infantino, & more. Video direction by Ian Brownell. Written, composed, and directed by Faith Solloway. An unusually hilarious show not to be missed! This show was featured on national TV on the Fox Network's Hannity & Colmes.
Tickets: $26, $24, $22 (Evenings); $24, $22, $19 (Matinee). Add $1 day of show.